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No. 413,661. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

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I the toggle.

.which is undulated in form,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN S. HARMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR STRINGING AND CARRYING FISH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 413,661, dated October29, 1889. 7 Application fi1ed April 13, 1839. Serial No. 307,150. (Nomodel.)

To all whom z'tmay concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. HARMAN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Devices for Stringing and Carrying Fish,of which the followingis a specification.

wire or any other suitable material, a skewing-needle, and a piece ofchain or string of any desired length,to Which the toggle and needle arefastened. The toggle is provided With aloop or loops, through which theneedle, is passed, thus forming a handle convenient for carrying thefish that have been strung.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is the needle. Fig. 3is the View of the device.

Like letters refer to like parts in each.

In the drawings, Fig. 1, A represents the toggle, the purpose of whichis to prevent the fish from sliding off the string F after beingskewered bythe needle D, which is securely fastened to the string by theeye 0. The toggle A is provided Withthe loop B, (in the drawing I haveshown two loops,which Ipreferably use,) through which the needle Dpasses. The undulations E E prevent the needle D from slipping out, andthe string F, being secured at the eyes 0 0, forms a bight, while theneedle in the toggle in the position described forms ters Patent,-is Myinvention consists of a toggle made of 1. In a device for stringingfish, the bar A,

with the loops B B, the string F, attached to the eyes 0 O, and theskewing-needle D, so arranged that the needle will pass through theloopsB B, as herein described.

2. In a device for stringing and carrying fish, a chain or string havingon one end a skewing-needle and on the other toggle-bar with. a loop orloops formed upon it, through .WhlCll the skewing-needle may be passed,

thus forminga handle for the string, as herein set forth and described.

3. In a device for stringing fish, a skewingneedle of an undulated form,in combination with a string or chain and a toggle with a loop or loopsupon it adapted to engage the needle, as herein set forth. 7

STEPHEN s. IIARMAN.

Witnesses:

A. HILDENBRAND, BRADFORD P. GILES.

